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>> john, who has the power to raise the debt ceiling? >> well -- >> who has the power to raise the debt ceiling? >> the congress -- >> who has the power to raise the debt ceiling. >> -- have put forward a plan. call it ridiculous or whatever, but they have a plan -- >> congress has the power to raise the debt ceiling. >> republicans have no interest in defaulting on debt. we want to find a way to pay it off. >> this is playing with fire. legislative arsonists are at work when they start using the debt limit. >> it sounds like chuck schumer has been playing too many violent vid owe games. >> obamacare is dead, dead. a waste of time, as i said before. >> obamacare is driving up the cost of health care. destroying american jobs. >> it is a train wreck. house republicans have showed the courage they are showing now that they continue to stand up. the house is the one branch of government they have a majority. >> speaker boehner even re-elised a web video blasting president obama for negotiating with the russian president but not his own cong
>> john, who has the power to raise the debt ceiling? >> well -- >> who has the power to raise the debt ceiling? >> the congress -- >> who has the power to raise the debt ceiling. >> -- have put forward a plan. call it ridiculous or whatever, but they have a plan -- >> congress has the power to raise the debt ceiling. >> republicans have no interest in defaulting on debt. we want to find a way to pay it off. >> this is playing with fire....
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for a raise in the debt ceiling did not have leadership. he attempted to stop the iraq war by leading the effort against raising the debt ceiling. he was supported in that effort by senator schumer we just saw a few moments ago. when we get lectured -- when the american people get lectured by the president on why we should raise the debt ceiling without any offsets on spending or get lectured by senator schumer how it's wrong to not raise the debt ceiling, just remember they were on the opposite side of this not too long ago. >> in the last day or so, president obama referred it to as extortion by congress. i guess in 2006 when he was doing the same thing, it wasn't extortion, it was something else. >> i have to defend him on this. he was not trying to extort. he was trying to end the war. republicans are trying to say, yes, mr. president, we will give you the debt ceiling increase but we want you to give us and the american people something in return. what they're asking for is a dollar for dollar offset. if you're going to raise the debt
for a raise in the debt ceiling did not have leadership. he attempted to stop the iraq war by leading the effort against raising the debt ceiling. he was supported in that effort by senator schumer we just saw a few moments ago. when we get lectured -- when the american people get lectured by the president on why we should raise the debt ceiling without any offsets on spending or get lectured by senator schumer how it's wrong to not raise the debt ceiling, just remember they were on the...
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to raise the debt ceiling without dealing with the real drivers of our debt. we will not raise if the 83rd time without extracting a commitment that this will be the last time or put us on a path toward bending the spending art toward balance. lou: the president makes an interesting point. he said not in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling has been used to extort a president or a governing body. how could you have the ability to do so? it seems as if you are questioning the president. >> i am a simpleminded guy as you know, so i take facts simply. not a single republican voted for obamacare. it is wildly unpopular in most of our districts the president himself is determining which portions of that law to turn on and which portions to turnff, and you can argue unions and others are extorting him in what he turns on and turns off to use his words. he may not like the fact we are doing this strategically, but he has done the exact same thing, he just does not like it. lou: it seems he is used to some of
to raise the debt ceiling without dealing with the real drivers of our debt. we will not raise if the 83rd time without extracting a commitment that this will be the last time or put us on a path toward bending the spending art toward balance. lou: the president makes an interesting point. he said not in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling has been used to extort a president or a governing body. how could you have the ability to do so?...
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now, this body may well vote to raise the debt ceiling, but if this body votes to raise the debt ceiling, we should do so after fair and open debate where the issue is considered and where the threshold is the traditional 60-vote threshold where we can address what i think is imperative that we fix the problem. when i -- when i travel across the state of texas, men and women stop me all the time and say enough of the games. go up there, roll up your sleeves, work with each other and fix the problem. and just getting a new credit card, jacking up the debt ceiling with no spending reforms, no structural reforms, no pro-growth reforms is a mistake, it's the wrong path. a senator: will the senator yield for a question? mr. cruz: i will yield. mrs. boxer: here's the question. the people in my state are saying the same thing. roll up your sleeves and attack the problems, because guess what? i remember when this budget was balanced when bill clinton was president. it took literally a few months before george w. bush gave a tax break and put it on the credit card, two wars on the credit card and
now, this body may well vote to raise the debt ceiling, but if this body votes to raise the debt ceiling, we should do so after fair and open debate where the issue is considered and where the threshold is the traditional 60-vote threshold where we can address what i think is imperative that we fix the problem. when i -- when i travel across the state of texas, men and women stop me all the time and say enough of the games. go up there, roll up your sleeves, work with each other and fix the...
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so raising the debt ceiling doesn't increase debt. let's take a walk back to march of 2006 when senator obama made a dire speech about the dangers of raising the debt. he said, quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. it is a sign that the u.s. government cannot pay uh its own bills. our federal debt increased by $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion. that's trillion, with a t. this rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy. what happened to that guy? here to debate the hypocrisy, radio, tv, talk show host, billy cunningham. from the fox news channel tamara holder. raising the debt ceiling doesn't increase the debt. what do you got there? >> hannity happy candy. >> what is that? >> they're happy candies. the reason why i brought these is the last time -- >> yeah ? >> you should try one. it will make you happy. i feel conservatives are so angry. you know, right now i'm getting these crazy -- >> i'm laughing my head off. >> i think this is a prop ohher opportunity for you to ap
so raising the debt ceiling doesn't increase debt. let's take a walk back to march of 2006 when senator obama made a dire speech about the dangers of raising the debt. he said, quote, the fact that we are here today to debate raising america's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. it is a sign that the u.s. government cannot pay uh its own bills. our federal debt increased by $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion. that's trillion, with a t. this rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy. what...
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he voted against raising the debt ceiling. calls it unpatriot i cannot to do it now. >> dana: president obama was called out on this before. saying it was unpatriotic and lack of leadership. that's why you would vote against it. now it's unpatriotic if the patriot act hold you to spending reduction to get the debt level raised. major garrett at cbs now, asked a question. it was a long question or we'd play it for you. but i thought president obama could have answered it with more honesty, as opposed to yeah, i know. politics got in the way. >> kimberly: but he didn't. he wanted to say i know what you are talking about. >> dana: attack the questio questioner. that was then, this is now. >> kimberly: now he's head of the ma nar i can and he can do -- monarchy and he can do what he wants. he continues to demonize with the rhetoric and language those who disagree with him. because they have a concern about the financial well-being of the future of the country. how about cut spending. >> dana: i want to get to you in a second. i ha
he voted against raising the debt ceiling. calls it unpatriot i cannot to do it now. >> dana: president obama was called out on this before. saying it was unpatriotic and lack of leadership. that's why you would vote against it. now it's unpatriotic if the patriot act hold you to spending reduction to get the debt level raised. major garrett at cbs now, asked a question. it was a long question or we'd play it for you. but i thought president obama could have answered it with more honesty,...
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debt ceiling? you say no negotiations whatsoever? >> no, wolf, we've said this, we're happy to discuss spending cuts. we're happy to discuss shutting down some tax loopholes like the ones for big oil companies. in fact, just last night i asked for the eighth time to have a vote in the house on a proposal to replace the sequester with a proposal that would get the same amount of deficit reduction, even more deficit reduction, without the deep, immediate cuts caused by the sequester, which we know are dragging down the economy. republicans wouldn't allow us a vote on that proposal. so, let's be really clear the president is more than happy to negotiate with republicans on budget issues, where to cut, whether to cut tax loopholes. where he will not negotiate is whether or not the united states pays its bills on time, whether or not we live up to the full faith and credit of the united states. and we all know that if the united states ever did default, it would send our economy into a big downward spir
debt ceiling? you say no negotiations whatsoever? >> no, wolf, we've said this, we're happy to discuss spending cuts. we're happy to discuss shutting down some tax loopholes like the ones for big oil companies. in fact, just last night i asked for the eighth time to have a vote in the house on a proposal to replace the sequester with a proposal that would get the same amount of deficit reduction, even more deficit reduction, without the deep, immediate cuts caused by the sequester, which...
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went from opposing raising the debt ceiling and not giving him a higher credit limit was unacceptable and the use of excutive power was abused by those before him and he would respect the limits and he proceeded to act if the executive was the only branch of government and treating congress as if they are a junior high student council. and told us our taxes wouldn't go up and health care costs go down. that is a warm pile of a aftermath of a bull's break fast. (applause) he said he wouldn't tolerate the abuse of the irs toward citizens, but he tolerated it. he hasn't done a thing to end it much less hold accountable those who used government power as if it was a personal power tool and thumbing his nose at congress and saying he could go without congressional authoritization. he could make a fol of the secretary of state and told us the urgent need for military intervention in syria. and the president without bothering to involve congress having an about-face 12 hours later and maybe we should talk to congress and besides, there is no hurry. he said there was a red line and then claim
went from opposing raising the debt ceiling and not giving him a higher credit limit was unacceptable and the use of excutive power was abused by those before him and he would respect the limits and he proceeded to act if the executive was the only branch of government and treating congress as if they are a junior high student council. and told us our taxes wouldn't go up and health care costs go down. that is a warm pile of a aftermath of a bull's break fast. (applause) he said he wouldn't...
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the >> reporter: the battle over raising the debt ceiling, house democrats urge president obama to use authority the white house believes he does not have. >> congress has the responsibility and sole authority to raise debt ceiling. >> 20 house democrats sent a letter to the president about house republicans withholding support without the spending cuts and they won in the event they follow through on this reckless threat we support the use of 14th amendment. the 14th amendment says the validity of the public debt shall not be questioned. leader of the house democrats urged the white house to ignore congress in this case. >> i would do in a second. i'm not the president of the united states. >> the house republican leadership aide says democrats refuse to responsibly address the spending problem and rather than offer solutions they choose to advocate their responsibility. speaker boehner and the house g.o.p. leadership team said the debt limit must be accompanied by reform in greater amount. >> we need spending cut and real tax reform to address the long-term debt problem and pave the
the >> reporter: the battle over raising the debt ceiling, house democrats urge president obama to use authority the white house believes he does not have. >> congress has the responsibility and sole authority to raise debt ceiling. >> 20 house democrats sent a letter to the president about house republicans withholding support without the spending cuts and they won in the event they follow through on this reckless threat we support the use of 14th amendment. the 14th...
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it is unsustainable, if raising debt ceiling is the answer we would not be here we have raised debt salindebt ceiling 14 timese 2001. neil: you have your doubts about whether we would really dress those problem, we would get promises from white house -- look if you just approve a clean cr, and keep government going for few months, trust us we'll address the issues, you don't trust them. you think this leads to the kind of nonsense we go through? >> yes, i think you are right. rerepresentative nonsense -- repetitive nonsense, the problem we have stemmed from washington not dealing with the problems, we have kicked can down the road for 30 years, now we are these problems. if we said, we don't need to raise the debt ceiling we got revenue, we need too look at spending cuts and growing an economy if we did that, there is no reason to raise debt saling at this point. neil: let's say we don't do, that and that other side is not compromising on the spending issues we bump up against that ceiling beyond where administration says we're not making good on debt payments, republicans have forced our han
it is unsustainable, if raising debt ceiling is the answer we would not be here we have raised debt salindebt ceiling 14 timese 2001. neil: you have your doubts about whether we would really dress those problem, we would get promises from white house -- look if you just approve a clean cr, and keep government going for few months, trust us we'll address the issues, you don't trust them. you think this leads to the kind of nonsense we go through? >> yes, i think you are right....
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ceiling, raising the debt ceiling. some have suggested that the president could do it by hem self by invoking the 14th amendment. the president spoke about that today. >> i no he there's been some discussion for example about my powers under the 14th amendment to go ahead and ignore the debt ceiling law. setting aside the legal analysis, what matters is, is that if you start having a situation in which there's legal controversy about the u.s. treasury's authority to issue debt, the damage will have been done even if that were constitutional. >> 14th amendment says the validity of the public debt, shall not be questioned. so does that give the president potentially, worst case, nightmare scenario, the u.s. about to default, an opening? >> no one know, wolf. no one knows whether the president has this power. and it's a measure of the desperation of the system that people are reading into the 14th amendment this power as somehow the president says a rabbit out of the hat to allow him to bypass congress. but i think there
ceiling, raising the debt ceiling. some have suggested that the president could do it by hem self by invoking the 14th amendment. the president spoke about that today. >> i no he there's been some discussion for example about my powers under the 14th amendment to go ahead and ignore the debt ceiling law. setting aside the legal analysis, what matters is, is that if you start having a situation in which there's legal controversy about the u.s. treasury's authority to issue debt, the damage...
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ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort the a president or a governing party . >> there is no interest on our part in shutting the government down. >> harry reid says we don't want the government open. >> the republicans are out here using extortion and blackmail methods saying if we don't defund obamacare we won't do routine things of government. >> we are interested in stability and fairness. funding the government for a full year period of time. >> congress's most fundamental job is passing the budget. congress needs to get it done wi
ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort the a president or a governing party . >> there is no interest on our part in shutting the government down. >> harry reid says we don't want the government open. >> the republicans are out here using extortion and blackmail methods saying if we don't defund obamacare we won't do routine things of government. >> we are interested in stability and fairness. funding the government for a full year...
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had to be dealt with and really is the debt ceiling. lou: no problem with that. >> if you listen to the now they're trying to switch to this message. the number two guy in the house gave a speech at the american institute. american enterprise institute clearly talking, stressing quality of life issues for middle-class families. listen to what he says. the republican response to the state of the union. he will be talking about that. they are trying to picture of some of these fiscal fights to a more quality of life america economic well-being argument. lou: i think the pivot will be looking for it. cannot wait for the reality. and thank you both. >> thank you. lou: president obama awarded the medal of honor to clinton from a share, a former active duty army staff sergeant who fought off a 2009 television attack in afghanistan. the 31 year-old rallied 53 of our troops who obama's says were outnumbered, outgunned, almost overrun. it was a date as long fire fight against 300 heavily armed taliban and insurgence. a combat outpost, and isolat
had to be dealt with and really is the debt ceiling. lou: no problem with that. >> if you listen to the now they're trying to switch to this message. the number two guy in the house gave a speech at the american institute. american enterprise institute clearly talking, stressing quality of life issues for middle-class families. listen to what he says. the republican response to the state of the union. he will be talking about that. they are trying to picture of some of these fiscal fights...
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maybe it is a good idea not to raise the debt ceiling. >> that's right. they all got religion on the debt ceiling now. >> they got religion on the debt ceiling. i think part of that was both the koch brothers you were talking about last night. >> yeah, the letter from the koch brothers said it is necessary to raise the debt ceiling under the circumstances. >> we saw the markets starting to freak out. i think the business side started to kick in. they realize wow this is in issue. interestingly, the debt ceiling, even though it catastrophic. people feel that. even republican who you ask them. they hate the government. don't want government to do anything. until it is doing the thing they want tight do. so the more that you are seeing the stories. and these are local news stories on the headlines of the local hometown paper about the way that the government shutdown is affecting them and their neighbors. too toxic to continue. they're staring down at 2014, saying we thought it was impossible. but maybe it wasn't. awe off it's -- it is astonishing to me -- t
maybe it is a good idea not to raise the debt ceiling. >> that's right. they all got religion on the debt ceiling now. >> they got religion on the debt ceiling. i think part of that was both the koch brothers you were talking about last night. >> yeah, the letter from the koch brothers said it is necessary to raise the debt ceiling under the circumstances. >> we saw the markets starting to freak out. i think the business side started to kick in. they realize wow this is...
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the debt ceiling. so what you have happening now is president's looking at those folks and saying, okay, you want to shut down the government, you don't want to the fund the government? fine. i've been here before. you guys do that. >> good luck with that. >> but when it comes to the debt ceiling, there was a time when the leadership could go, the grown-ups could go to the kid and say, this is one thing you cannot do. boehner can't do it. he proved that in 2011. mcconnell can't do it because he's running scared, literally, for re-election. so this middle ground that we're talking about happening within the gop on this issue, i will believe that there's a middle ground when i actually see it. >> and what we have is a distinction between republicans who are actually interested in being part of government and republicans who have no interest in governing whatsoever. >> meanwhile, they're just banging their head against the wall. i can't tell you how many times i've banged my head against the wall this pas
the debt ceiling. so what you have happening now is president's looking at those folks and saying, okay, you want to shut down the government, you don't want to the fund the government? fine. i've been here before. you guys do that. >> good luck with that. >> but when it comes to the debt ceiling, there was a time when the leadership could go, the grown-ups could go to the kid and say, this is one thing you cannot do. boehner can't do it. he proved that in 2011. mcconnell can't do...
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because it's called raising the debt ceiling, i think a lot of americans think it's raising our debt. it is not raising our debt. it does not add a dime to our debt. it simply says, you pay for what congress has already authorized america to purchase. whether that's the greatest military in the world or veterans benefits or social security. whatever it is that congress has already authorized, what this does is make sure that we can pay those bills. now, the last time that the tea party republicans flirted with the idea of default two years ago, markets plunged, business and consumer confidence plunged, america's credit rating was downgraded for the first time. a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists, would be, and i'm quoting here, insane, catastrophic, chaos. these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett likened default to a nuclear bomb, a weapon too horrible to use. it would disrupt markets. it would undermine the world's confidence in america as the bedrock of the global economy. and it might perm faane
because it's called raising the debt ceiling, i think a lot of americans think it's raising our debt. it is not raising our debt. it does not add a dime to our debt. it simply says, you pay for what congress has already authorized america to purchase. whether that's the greatest military in the world or veterans benefits or social security. whatever it is that congress has already authorized, what this does is make sure that we can pay those bills. now, the last time that the tea party...
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are we going to raise the debt ceiling? >> this is really serious. back in 2011 when the crisis visited them, the secretary of the treasury tim geithner was running around and saying, if we don't fix this, we could trigger a depression worse than the 1930s. and when i talked to obama about this, he said, it was the most intense three weeks of his presidency, more than osama bin laden and so forth, so -- and the republicans are out here, a group of them in the house essentially using extortion and blackmail methods to say, if we don't defund obama care, we're not going to do the routine things of government. >> well, we're at a game of chicken at this point, and there are not -- no one thinks they're going to defund obama, not even the people pushing for it. at some point, you know, the republicans are going to have to blink, and they'll fund it. if they pass a bill that doesn't include funding for obama care, then the senate won't pass the bill, and, you know, somebody's got to blink. we're not going to shut down government. we can't. >> let's be i t
are we going to raise the debt ceiling? >> this is really serious. back in 2011 when the crisis visited them, the secretary of the treasury tim geithner was running around and saying, if we don't fix this, we could trigger a depression worse than the 1930s. and when i talked to obama about this, he said, it was the most intense three weeks of his presidency, more than osama bin laden and so forth, so -- and the republicans are out here, a group of them in the house essentially using...
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ceiling is raised, 30% strongly agree and 10% somewhat agree with the president. the 36% strongly disagree d 7% somewhat disagree. the same oll shows that the is far more pressure on republicans to get a deal. meanwhile voters gave the republican party the lowest number in "the wall street journal" olling which dates to 1889 with more than twice as many people holding a negative review of gop in a negative one. using the numberto suggest the white house has e upper hand in these talks. by taking aim at republican ted cruz and his decision to filibuster the resolution to keep the government oen, which opened the door to big problems like the military death beefits nafta. >> we have shut down the gornment and then that gav the opportunity for this to be awfully mismanaged and shandled by the white house. we hadn't shut down the government, this would not have happened. they st down the government with a fools errand that would not succeed and that is a fact. reporter: here's another reason we couldsee a deal sooner rather than later. six in10 americans have said tha
ceiling is raised, 30% strongly agree and 10% somewhat agree with the president. the 36% strongly disagree d 7% somewhat disagree. the same oll shows that the is far more pressure on republicans to get a deal. meanwhile voters gave the republican party the lowest number in "the wall street journal" olling which dates to 1889 with more than twice as many people holding a negative review of gop in a negative one. using the numberto suggest the white house has e upper hand in these...
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went from opposing raising the debt ceiling and not giving him a higher credit limit was unacceptable and the use of excutive power was abused by those before him and he would respect the limits and he proceeded to act if the executive was the only branch of government and treating congress as if they are a junior high student council. and told us our taxes wouldn't go up and health care costs go down. that is a warm pile of a aftermath of a bull's break fast. (applause) he said he wouldn't tolerate the abuse of the irs toward citizens, but he tolerated it. he hasn't done a thing to end it much less hold accountable those who used government power as if it was a personal power tool and thumbing his nose at congress and saying he could go without congressional authoritization. he could make a fol of the secretary of state and told us the urgent need for military intervention in syria. and the president without bothering to involve congress having an about-face 12 hours later and maybe we should talk to congress and besides, there is no hurry. he said there was a red line and then claim
went from opposing raising the debt ceiling and not giving him a higher credit limit was unacceptable and the use of excutive power was abused by those before him and he would respect the limits and he proceeded to act if the executive was the only branch of government and treating congress as if they are a junior high student council. and told us our taxes wouldn't go up and health care costs go down. that is a warm pile of a aftermath of a bull's break fast. (applause) he said he wouldn't...
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so there was a negotiation then amongst democrats over raising the debt ceiling. the long and short of it is, there's goes to -- going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money we don't have, and give the bill to our kids and grandkids, would be wrong. this isn't about me and the -- frankly it's not about republicans. this is about saving the future for our kids and grandkids, and the only way that is going to happen is that in fact to have a conversation. so, it's time to have that conversation. not next week, not next month. the conversation ought to start today. and i'm hopeful that whether at it the president or democrat leaders here in the congress, we can begin that conversation. >> mr. speaker, can you tell us what would you say to military families just been denied death benefits due to the shutdown? >> last week, the congress passed the pay our military benefits act. we gave broad authority to
so there was a negotiation then amongst democrats over raising the debt ceiling. the long and short of it is, there's goes to -- going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend money we don't have, and give the bill to our kids and grandkids, would be wrong. this isn't about me and the -- frankly it's not about republicans. this is about...
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ceiling raise, he will accept it and sign it, but he does not want to negotiate on the shut down. >> what are we looking at? how tangible is this debt limit solution? are we kicking the can down the road? >> the debt ceiling has always been a can kicked down the road. the republicans did not really want to play with fire. they buy into the same idea that democrats do that if the united states government defaults, or it is an economic catastrophe. from the outset, it did not look like they were going to play chicken. this offer proves the debt ceiling is a mere political tool and does not mean anything. both parties are happy to increase -- we would be much more -- much better off with a spending cap. >> it could get a little more tricky when it comes to -- four out of five americans say they have not felt any personal effects from the shut down. should they expect to feel it sooner or later. the people who have been feeling the effects are either government workers are people that use national parks, fishermen. they will continue to feel the same effects. most people have not felt th
ceiling raise, he will accept it and sign it, but he does not want to negotiate on the shut down. >> what are we looking at? how tangible is this debt limit solution? are we kicking the can down the road? >> the debt ceiling has always been a can kicked down the road. the republicans did not really want to play with fire. they buy into the same idea that democrats do that if the united states government defaults, or it is an economic catastrophe. from the outset, it did not look...
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of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >> absolutely not. john: a few people have suggestions with tells me in the san the the point of all those democrats to say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the rilliant bob beckel. brilliant because you fight with people every day and often win all by yourself, but you are not worried about this 17 trillion. >> you kno
of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat....
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we expect them to raise america's debt ceiling tonight and re-open the government. raise the debt ceiling at least through february. re-open the government through january 15. it is the hour and in the house -- teleprompter. where anything can happen and off does the. mike, what are they doing? >> well, they are talking it out in the house after the senate passed this with strong bipartisan support, 81-18. many i have talked to seem worn out from the fight, ready to re-open the government and fight about the issues another day. they know they will do plenty of talk about the debt in the weeks and months ahead. meanwhile, top democrats recognize this is only a short-term fix. >> the proposal that will be before us shortly does just that and no more. re open the government. we pay our bills. and then we can sit down and negotiate. >> republicans continue to say they will fight on issues of spend ing and debt. some conservatives who have led the fight from the beginning sound frustrated with the way this town works. >> this is washington at its worst. it's what the ame
we expect them to raise america's debt ceiling tonight and re-open the government. raise the debt ceiling at least through february. re-open the government through january 15. it is the hour and in the house -- teleprompter. where anything can happen and off does the. mike, what are they doing? >> well, they are talking it out in the house after the senate passed this with strong bipartisan support, 81-18. many i have talked to seem worn out from the fight, ready to re-open the government...
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the amount we raised the debt ceiling. you get to spend that money now, and it was spent in 18 months. we already hit the debt ceiling again. we would raise this debt ceiling $2.1 trillion, and an agreement was reached to reduce spending over the next ten years by $2.1 trillion. so that was then. the president signed that. the democratic leader in the senate agreed to that. the speaker of the house, the republican, agreed to that. that became the law. well, we were on path at that time -- and these are numbers that we live with every day. i'm the ranking republican on the budget committee, and it's just a constant item in our face out there. we were then spending $3.7 trillion a year. if you extend that for ten years, you would spend $37 trillion over ten years. but the budget was expected to grow. it was expected to grow to $47 trillion. so at the end of that time, we would have increased spending by $10 trillion almost. this deal would have said that we wouldn't spend $47 trillion but $45 trillion, thereby reducing the i
the amount we raised the debt ceiling. you get to spend that money now, and it was spent in 18 months. we already hit the debt ceiling again. we would raise this debt ceiling $2.1 trillion, and an agreement was reached to reduce spending over the next ten years by $2.1 trillion. so that was then. the president signed that. the democratic leader in the senate agreed to that. the speaker of the house, the republican, agreed to that. that became the law. well, we were on path at that time -- and...
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we would not need to raise the debt ceiling if we had one. guest: it would be a lot easier to raise the debt ceiling if the house and senate agreed on a budget resolution, which they have not done. they have not gone to congress on this. the republicans feel it is a trap the democrats are laying to get them to raise the debt ceiling, so they refuse to do that. host: we talk about this program, how there have been discussions at the white house with democrats and the white house over settling over a budget, president obama taking folks to dinner, where are we in that progress? guest: eight different groups have gotten together gotten together, starting with bowles- simpson in 2010, continuing with the thing we called the dinner caucus where the president took republican senators out to dinner. everything has fallen apart at some point. the dinner caucus fell apart a few days ago. they threw their hands up and walked away. bridgeable an un divide. they have not been able to get together. there has always been a sight discussion between the whit
we would not need to raise the debt ceiling if we had one. guest: it would be a lot easier to raise the debt ceiling if the house and senate agreed on a budget resolution, which they have not done. they have not gone to congress on this. the republicans feel it is a trap the democrats are laying to get them to raise the debt ceiling, so they refuse to do that. host: we talk about this program, how there have been discussions at the white house with democrats and the white house over settling...
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which is raising the debt ceiling. this president never passed a budget as president of the united states, including when he had republicans in charge of the house and senate. the reason we are having problems with the debt ceiling now -- >> democrats -- >> let me finish. it because barack obama -- >> i'm helping you, actually. >> -- a secure government under his leadership with the -- the second issue is this. let me finish. the second issue is this. barack obama had the debt go up under his time in office more than all other presidents combined, including all those under reagan. more debt added to -- >> do you understand why that happened? >> that's a fact. >> you don't understand why that happened? oh, my god! >> of course you do. oh the worst financial economic crisis since the great depression happened before barack obama. >> you can't blame everything on that, sir. >> i agree with you. listen, the president -- >> you are. >> six years now, he has to take responsibility for the economy and help get us out. >> you
which is raising the debt ceiling. this president never passed a budget as president of the united states, including when he had republicans in charge of the house and senate. the reason we are having problems with the debt ceiling now -- >> democrats -- >> let me finish. it because barack obama -- >> i'm helping you, actually. >> -- a secure government under his leadership with the -- the second issue is this. let me finish. the second issue is this. barack obama had...
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the borrowing and the continuous raising of the debt ceiling. why don't these politicians just put up a bill to eliminate the debt ceiling, what is the purpose of having a debt ceiling if we raise it every time we get to it as nobody wants to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling because they want to pretend they care about the debt but everyone wants and increase. if you want to look at the markets if the markets are selling off on the false crisis that we might not increase the debt ceiling, there is opportunities because we now they're going to increase the debt ceiling but ultimately, the biggest crisis does not come because we failed to raise the debt ceiling but because we do raise it and we repeatedly raise it and that is why the country is rogue. >> there is some talk about getting rid of the debt limit. even if the president were to use the 14th amendment solution as speaker nancy pelosi has suggested he do. that would by default get rid of the debt limit. about a month ago a baby panda was born at the national zoo. we are in these critica
the borrowing and the continuous raising of the debt ceiling. why don't these politicians just put up a bill to eliminate the debt ceiling, what is the purpose of having a debt ceiling if we raise it every time we get to it as nobody wants to vote to eliminate the debt ceiling because they want to pretend they care about the debt but everyone wants and increase. if you want to look at the markets if the markets are selling off on the false crisis that we might not increase the debt ceiling,...